Gymnastics makes you short.
Bias. It’s everywhere. But one of the most annoying biases I’ve seen in a lot of the popular fitness publications, including websites, blogs, as well as paper magazines is what I call the “sport causality bias”, or “elite athlete selection bias”. Read More...
Whey vs Casein. Who will win?
Ok, I lied. I couldn’t find the creatine study in MSSE that we reviewed years ago as part of the Sport Medicine Journal Club. But I did find a more recent study on supplementation timing, which, after reading the article, I noticed was sponsored by AST Sport Science. And while the study on supplement timing was interesting, there was this glowing ad on the AST site that drew my attention. AST Sports Science has a product called VP2 Whey Isolate. Read More...
My blog disclaimer (and the potentially offensive stuff that follows)
I was driving back to Calgary from Lethbridge this morning and listening to a few things on my iPod (thank God for the iPod FM transmitter! And thank you, Kevin Larrabee and the Fitcast for making my long drives tolerable), but before I gush on about some of the observations I made, I just want to write a disclaimer about this blog: Read More...
What are the trends in your part of the world?
First off, I just wanted to say thanks to everyone who has supported this blog in its infantile life: JP, Bill Hartman, Lou Schuler, and all the people who have wandered on by. According to the statistics collected on this site, there are about 50-70 hits per day, 17% of which spend possibly more than one hour in a visit! Read More...
Different kinds of important.
In clinical research, there are two kinds of important–the important kind and the unimportant kind. Read More...
Is protein good for you? (or, Hire a damned methodologist already)
I was perusing the Table of Contents in the Journal of Sports Science and Medicine, and noticed a study entitled, “Effects of protein supplementation on muscular performance and resting hormonal changes in college football players.” Read More...
The beauty (and truth) of randomization
One very important distinguishing feature of many studies is whether it is a randomized controlled trial, or just a regular controlled trial. Read More...
HIIT vs Steady State–Who will win??
I’m no “real world” trainer, but if there’s anything that I am, it’s a “real world” researcher. And if there’s anything I can say that I do well, it’s research reviews. This review was a very exciting thing for me to do because this is a trial that has “real world” training implications and hopefully, you will see that not everything is crystal clear in an abstract. It also enabled me to demonstrate a few examples of how alternate analyses can be useful as well as the importance of succinct data reporting. Read More...
Stay tuned
Sit tight everyone, Read More...
Isolation is the key
Just like in CSI, evidence comes after the crime has been committed. Read More...